Overview
- The Baden‑Württemberg disclosure on Tuesday, October 13, 2026, showed officials have recorded 358 marriages involving minors in files kept by the Tübingen regional authority dating back to 2012.
- Only eight of those cases received legally binding annulments between 2018 and 2024 and the state said there were no annulment proceedings pending when it answered the parliamentary inquiry.
- The records include very young children, with cited examples of an 11‑year‑old Iraqi girl, a 12‑year‑old Afghan girl, and a 14‑year‑old Afghan girl matched with adult partners in some cases.
- All reported marriages were entered into outside Germany and state ministries say they lack systematic data on which countries the unions took place in and on whether affected children left school.
- State‑funded counselling centre YASEMIN recorded 271 cases in 2025, including 80 people at risk of forced marriage and 33 minors at risk, and NGOs and some politicians have called for a national register, earlier intervention and stronger safeguards.